The first time I made Kenya and Chloe my Mexican Rice Balls they got a major thumbs up from them. It’s such a simple recipe at that — savory spheres of rice stuffed with a chunk of sharp cheddar which melts inside, creating a gooey center that brightens your day when you take a bite. Since then, whenever I make my family a batch we finish them all in one sitting without fail.
I got to thinking about what other foods you could stuff with a morsel of oozy gooey cheese. Chloe adores turkey meatballs and since they are so easy for little hands to pick up and eat, I whipped up a test batch and tucked away a cube of cheddar in each one. Voila! Cheesy Turkey Meatballs were born! I did all the prep work in the morning, so all I had to do was sautéed them up minutes before dinner and serve them with a simple side of pesto pasta.
One important note_ always make sure to cut into a hot cheesy turkey meatball before you serve it to your kids. You definitely don’t want any burned tongues!
Cheesy Turkey Meatballs
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 cheddar cheese sticks
- 1 tablespoon oil
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine the ground turkey, egg, breadcrumbs, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt. Mix to combine thoroughly.
- Slice the cheese sticks into 1/4-inch cubes.
- Using a 1 tablespoon measure, form the meat mixture into a disc, place a cheese cube in the center, and then roll the meat around the cheese to form a ball. If the meat sticks to your hands, lightly wet your hands with water.
- Heat the oil in a sauté pan over medium heat and cook the meatballs for about 5 minutes, until the turkey is cooked through.
- Remove from heat and serve.
Can I bake these instead of saute?
So good!
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I’m not sure about the grams. I buy those cheese sticks at the grocery… like string cheese, but it is cheddar cheese. and then I cut those into cubes. It comes out to about 1 cup of cheese cubes!
How many grams of cheese is used in this recipe? Just not sure what ‘4 sticks of cheese’ is.
Thanks
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I just made these for my husband (our daughter isn’t quite old enough to eat them) and he LOVED them!! He’s kind of a foodie so if he likes something that much then you know it’s good! Thanks for making me look like such a great cook 🙂
my 4 year old has never really liked any kind of meat. he just gobbled up 5 of these!
I had some ground pork in the fridge that I needed to cook by today – I recalled seeing a link to the video on this a couple of days ago and thought the pork variety might be pretty tasty. Just got done cooking them up and could hardly wait to try one – I can confirm pork is delicious in this! I’m not typically a huge fan of “cheesy” anything, but this has just the right amount to make it fun. The true test will be my I Eat Nothing 7 year old – will try at dinner tonight and report back. Even if he doesn’t love it, so what? More for me!